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Oaks

British  
/ əʊks /

noun

  1. a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing

  2. any of various similar races

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Oaks

named after an estate near Epsom

Example Sentences

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Thousand Oaks 4, Westlake 3: Preston Lee contributed an RBI single to break a 3-3 tie in the seventh and lift Thousand Oaks to victory.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Residents can also go to Edison’s office in Altadena at 2680 Fair Oaks Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

In a meeting last summer with the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn.,

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Harvard-Westlake 10, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 4: The Wolverines took over first place in the Mission League with a three-game sweep.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Oaks and purple maples, bitternuts and striped elms.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

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